They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky 2

In the next part of the book, Alepho explains how he likes to pretend to be a rebel. He'll put a stick under is shoulder and pretend its a gun. However, when he does it at one point, his mother pulls him away and tells him why its dangerous. She says its dangerous because all the chaos in their country. She also tells him if he ever hears a loud popping noise to run as fast as he can from the village. That night, Alepho is woken up by his mother and she tells him to leave the village until morning. They watch from a hill as their village burns and they hear gunshots. In the morning they return. They're parents are okay but Alepho wants to see if his friend is okay. He sees her house destroyed. and he goes inside and finds burned bodies of his friend and her family.